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How Honeybees May Infect Bumblebees

whoa, Confused... from the article

" “This research suggests that we might want to keep apiaries outside of areas where there are vulnerable pollinator species, like the rusty patched bumblebees,” Alger says, “especially because we have so much more to learn about what these viruses are actually doing to bumblebees.”

Honeybees are an important part of modern agriculture, but “they’re non-native. They’re livestock animals,” Alger says. “A huge misconception in the public is that honeybees serve as the iconic image for pollinator conservation. That’s ridiculous. It’s like making chickens the iconic image of bird conservation."

Interestingly in the south west of france, in a specific area where pesticides have been stopped, last year bumblebees have reappeared. I thought too that honeybees were the iconic image..